$30 million plant expansion in the works

New Metform facility bringing more than 50 jobs, company says

SAVANNA – A new $30 million Metform production facility will bring more than 50 jobs to the Savanna area, the company said in a news release.

Metform, a division of MacLean-Fogg Component Solutions, is breaking ground on a new state-of-the-art, 86,000-square-foot precision hot-formed component machining factory, next to the existing plant on state Route 84, sometime this month.

The expansion will add more than 50 new jobs in the next 2 years, Matthias Praus, vice president and general manager of Metform, said in a news release.

NICAM Construction of Freeport is the general contractor.

MacLean-Fogg Component Solutions is a division of MacLean-Fogg Co.

According to its website, www.macleanfoggcs.com, it has 26 North American manufacturing facilities, including Savanna, 11 international facilities, annual sales of more than $900 million, and a worldwide workforce of more than 4,500 people.